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ENTERTAINMENT
Community
Radio Live
in Whitefish
ERIC WAIER STARTS NONPROFIT, VOLUNTEER-BASED INTERNET RADIO STATION FOCUSED ON LOCALS BY MOLLY PRIDDY
WHITEFISH – In his basement stu- dio just off Sec- ond Street, Eric Waier can’t see the busy downtown scene outside the walls; his only window shows a glimpse inside the neighboring leathersmith’s workshop.
But Waier is connecting to and com- municating with the city around him, through the Internet and his new, non- profit venture: Whitefish Community Radio.
The radio station is run by volun- teers and only available online, but it can serve an important purpose, Waier said. It focuses on micro-local issues, solely dedicated to the people and hap- penings in Whitefish.
“The Flathead is a great community, because they haven’t really forgotten what community is,” Waier said.
Waier moved to Whitefish in the summer of 2013, after living in vari- ous mountain towns in the American West. His technology-based job allowed him to work wherever he wanted, and Whitefish offered a job on the bike patrol during the summers on Big Mountain.
While living in Jackson Hole, Wyo- ming, Waier got involved with KHOL, a volunteer-based community FM radio station. As opposed to general public ra-
Eric Waier, president of Whitefish Community Radio. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
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